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backspace(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
7
deteriorate(verb, drop, decline, reduce, fall)
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fail(verb, drop, decline, fall, diminish)
7
get worse(verb, expression, idiom)
7
lapsing
7
retreat(noun, verb, decline, right, return)
7
weaken(verb, drop, decline, reduce, fall)
6
go back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, change)
6
oversight(noun, back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
6
relapsing
6
repetition(noun, decline, return, deterioration, weakening)
6
restoration(back, slow, backward, reverse direction, reversion)
6
retrograde(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail)
6
worsening(noun, drop, decline, fall, return)
5
collapse(noun, verb, drop, decline, reduce)
5
failure(noun, drop, fall, deterioration, spell)
5
sicken(verb, weaken, degenerate, deteriorate, revert)
5
slip back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, weaken, degenerate)
4
come back(verb, back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
4
degeneration(noun, drop, decline, fall, return)
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